SPECIES WE PROTECT: INVERTEBRATES
One way to determine the health of an ecosystem is through the level of biodiversity it contains – from apex predators to the little critters. We still have worlds to learn on the Northern Jaguar Reserve. View our invertebrate list.
![Ant - Rita Leal](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ant2-copy-scaled.jpg)
![Leafcutter ants - Brendon Kahn](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/chinos-copy-1.jpg)
![Spider - Braulio Duarte Arvayo](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Junior-IMG_E4486-copy-3.jpg)
![Caterpillar - Brendon Kahn](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Brendon-Kahn-268A9088-Lymantriinae-Tussock-moth-copy-1-scaled.jpg)
![Queen butterfly - Evalyn Bemis](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NorthernJaguarReserve-206-Evalyn-Bemis-copy.jpg)
![Bug - Brendon Kahn](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/268A9351-copy-2.jpg)
![Beetle larva - Miguel Gómez](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Miguel-zebra-bugs-copy-2.jpg)
![Spider - Fork Tailed Media](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/awesome-spider2-copy-scaled.jpg)
![Dragonfly](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Dragonfly-20161012PS_NJP00159-copy.jpg)
![Butterflies/Moths - Brendon Kahn](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/268A9127-copy.jpg)
![Blue damselfly - Rita Leal](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/222-copy-1.jpg)
![Butterflies/Moths - Fork Tailed Media](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/butterfly-Fork-Tailed-Media-copy-scaled.jpg)
![Butterflies/Moths - Evalyn Bemis](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NorthernJaguarReserve-86-WhiteCheckeredSkipper-Evalyn-Bemis-copy.jpg)
![Butterflies/Moths - Evalyn Bemis](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NorthernJaguarReserve-157-SleepyOrange-Evalyn-Bemis-copy.jpg)
![Butterflies/Moths - Evalyn Bemis](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5894-Evalyn-Bemis-copy-scaled.jpg)
![Grasshoppers - Miguel Gómez](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Miguel-IMG_4360-copy-2-scaled.jpg)
![Praying mantis - Roy Horan](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20181023_111010-copy-2.jpg)
![Dung beetles - Federico Mora](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Federico-IMG_0034-copy.jpg)
![Hoffmannius spinigerus - Brendon Kahn](https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Brendon-Kahn-268A0063-scorpion-Hoffmannius-spinigerus-copy-scaled.jpg)
Photos: Rita Leal, Brendon Kahn, Braulio Duarte Arvayo, Evalyn Bemis, Miguel Gómez, Fork Tailed Media, Roy Horan, Federico Mora